Psychotherapist here, I will listen to this again and maybe again after that, just to make sure I take in all you are saying. My two cents, we all need to listen a little more attentively with a lot more kindness. I think there are some great points and relevant messages that you have brought to the surface that need to be talked about. While also, normalizing "the system" we need a system, but that does not mean the system does not need some adjustments. I want to normalizing therapy, I am fierce advocate for mental health therapy, well I am a therapist, so therapy does not mean you are broken, and sometime things happen in life that make us feel broken and that is ok, if therapy helps put the pieced together so the light can shine through in a different way, then therapy is cool. I am always down for some good conversations so hit me up if you want to chat about this or anything.
I couldn’t agree more with you, I think we are saying the same things! Therapy is needed and sometimes life changing, as I say in the episode…..but we do have a problem of overdiagnosing and putting a label on everything - even when behavior is just a phase. Therapy doesn’t mean you are broken…..but we are pathologizing normal children behaviors and so, communicating that they are somehow broken. I have fierce respect for the work you do, I am just saying that the entire system has gone a little haywire. Thank you so much for sharing and thank you for the work you do
Thank you, I think it is so important for folx to be open to dialogues like this with curiosity for others point of view. I agree there has been an escalation of pathologizing and worth exploring causation. One piece that is important for people to understand when it comes to therapy and a person using insurance, is we as therapist have to determine, within the guidelines of ethics, a diagnosis so that person's insurance will pay for services. This puts therapsis in a slippery slope of a clinical framework of what is bringing you into therapy, (what is wrong). After that, to avoid clawbacks from insurance companies, we have to maintain a thread back to the treatment plan (which reflects those diagnosis). It is a therapist's dance to manage the moving parts of diagnosing, while not pathologizing, delivering good care to the patient and constant awareness of the requirements of insurance companies.
Hello Jasna,
Psychotherapist here, I will listen to this again and maybe again after that, just to make sure I take in all you are saying. My two cents, we all need to listen a little more attentively with a lot more kindness. I think there are some great points and relevant messages that you have brought to the surface that need to be talked about. While also, normalizing "the system" we need a system, but that does not mean the system does not need some adjustments. I want to normalizing therapy, I am fierce advocate for mental health therapy, well I am a therapist, so therapy does not mean you are broken, and sometime things happen in life that make us feel broken and that is ok, if therapy helps put the pieced together so the light can shine through in a different way, then therapy is cool. I am always down for some good conversations so hit me up if you want to chat about this or anything.
I couldn’t agree more with you, I think we are saying the same things! Therapy is needed and sometimes life changing, as I say in the episode…..but we do have a problem of overdiagnosing and putting a label on everything - even when behavior is just a phase. Therapy doesn’t mean you are broken…..but we are pathologizing normal children behaviors and so, communicating that they are somehow broken. I have fierce respect for the work you do, I am just saying that the entire system has gone a little haywire. Thank you so much for sharing and thank you for the work you do
Thank you, I think it is so important for folx to be open to dialogues like this with curiosity for others point of view. I agree there has been an escalation of pathologizing and worth exploring causation. One piece that is important for people to understand when it comes to therapy and a person using insurance, is we as therapist have to determine, within the guidelines of ethics, a diagnosis so that person's insurance will pay for services. This puts therapsis in a slippery slope of a clinical framework of what is bringing you into therapy, (what is wrong). After that, to avoid clawbacks from insurance companies, we have to maintain a thread back to the treatment plan (which reflects those diagnosis). It is a therapist's dance to manage the moving parts of diagnosing, while not pathologizing, delivering good care to the patient and constant awareness of the requirements of insurance companies.